单词 | re-edifying |
释义 | re-edifyingn. Now rare (chiefly historical). Rebuilding; restoration. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > [noun] > creating again > constructing again re-edification1473 re-edifying?a1475 rebuilding1585 re-erection1643 recomposition1655 reconstruction1791 ?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1872) IV. 425 (MED) Ierusalem..the secunde reedifienge [a1387 J. Trevisa tr. buldynge; L. constructione] made by Aggeus the prophete, vj c and xxxix yere, whiche cite was taken in the tyme of Ester. 1481 W. Caxton tr. Siege & Conqueste Jerusalem (1893) vii. 27 For the reedefyeng of this holy werke. 1534 Act 26 Hen. VIII c. 8 (title) An act for reedifiying of voide groundes in the citie of Norwich. 1579 W. Wilkinson Confut. Familye of Loue f. 26 The redyfiyng of the Church by Christ is prophecied. 1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey 11 Vpon the reedifying of Corinth it [sc. Delos] was held by the Athenians. 1668 London Gaz. No. 245/1 Great care is taken for the speedy re-edifying of the late ruined Palace here. 1747 T. Carte Gen. Hist. Eng. I. 329 He readily swallowed all pretences of dreams for the re-edifying of monasteries. 1851 D. Wilson Archæol. & Prehistoric Ann. Scotl. iv. i. 484 The re-edifying of churches and monasteries, on a larger..scale. 1905 Trans. Royal Hist. Soc. 19 124 2 & 3 Phil. & Mary, c. 1, gives power to commissioners to order re-edifying of houses. 1998 G. Sheeran Medieval Yorks. Towns ix. 145/1 The re-edifying statutes of Henry VIII do seem to establish that there were..numbers of derelict properties in the major urban centres. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.?a1475 |
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